| slovo | definícia |
impale
(encz) | impale,napíchnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
Impale
(gcide) | Impale \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Impaling.] [See 2d Empale.]
1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a
sharp stake. See Empale.
[1913 Webster]
Then with what life remains, impaled, and left
To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
[1913 Webster]
Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield,
palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
[1913 Webster]
Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to
be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in
the honor thereof. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster] |
impale
(gcide) | Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Empaling.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler
to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a
pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] [Written
also impale.]
1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line
of stakes for defense; to impale.
[1913 Webster]
All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save
themselves from surprise. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
[1913 Webster]
2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
[1913 Webster]
3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the
body.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Her.) Same as Impale.
[1913 Webster] |
impale
(wn) | impale
v 1: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a
skewer" [syn: transfix, impale, empale, spike]
2: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies
were impaled and left to die" [syn: impale, stake] |
impale
(devil) | IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage to pierce with any weapon which remains
fixed in the wound. This, however, is inaccurate; to impale is,
properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the
body, the victim being left in a sitting position. This was a common
mode of punishment among many of the nations of antiquity, and is
still in high favor in China and other parts of Asia. Down to the
beginning of the fifteenth century it was widely employed in
"churching" heretics and schismatics. Wolecraft calls it the "stoole
of repentynge," and among the common people it was jocularly known as
"riding the one legged horse." Ludwig Salzmann informs us that in
Thibet impalement is considered the most appropriate punishment for
crimes against religion; and although in China it is sometimes awarded
for secular offences, it is most frequently adjudged in cases of
sacrilege. To the person in actual experience of impalement it must
be a matter of minor importance by what kind of civil or religious
dissent he was made acquainted with its discomforts; but doubtless he
would feel a certain satisfaction if able to contemplate himself in
the character of a weather-cock on the spire of the True Church.
|
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
impaled
(encz) | impaled,napíchnul v: Zdeněk Brožimpaled,napíchnutý adj: Zdeněk Brožimpaled,propíchnutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
impalement
(encz) | impalement,propíchnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
impaler
(encz) | impaler,napichující osoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
Impale
(gcide) | Impale \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Impaling.] [See 2d Empale.]
1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a
sharp stake. See Empale.
[1913 Webster]
Then with what life remains, impaled, and left
To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
[1913 Webster]
Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield,
palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
[1913 Webster]
Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to
be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in
the honor thereof. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Empaling.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler
to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a
pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] [Written
also impale.]
1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line
of stakes for defense; to impale.
[1913 Webster]
All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save
themselves from surprise. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
[1913 Webster]
2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
[1913 Webster]
3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the
body.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Her.) Same as Impale.
[1913 Webster] |
Impaled
(gcide) | Impale \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Impaling.] [See 2d Empale.]
1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a
sharp stake. See Empale.
[1913 Webster]
Then with what life remains, impaled, and left
To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
[1913 Webster]
Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield,
palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
[1913 Webster]
Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to
be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in
the honor thereof. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster] |
Impalement
(gcide) | Impalement \Im*pale"ment\, n.
1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.
--Byron.
[1913 Webster]
2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.
--H. Brooke.
[1913 Webster]
3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.] --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Her.) The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical
line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the
arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3.
[1913 Webster]Empalement \Em*pale"ment\, n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler.
See Empale.] [Written also impalement.]
1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
[1913 Webster]
2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through
the body.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Her.) Same as Impalement.
[1913 Webster] |
impalement
(gcide) | Impalement \Im*pale"ment\, n.
1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.
--Byron.
[1913 Webster]
2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.
--H. Brooke.
[1913 Webster]
3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.] --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Her.) The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical
line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the
arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3.
[1913 Webster]Empalement \Em*pale"ment\, n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler.
See Empale.] [Written also impalement.]
1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
[1913 Webster]
2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through
the body.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Her.) Same as Impalement.
[1913 Webster] |
impalement
(wn) | impalement
n 1: the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of
punishment or torture |
|